“The bed’s gettin’ cold and you’re not here,” Selena Gomez sings in “The Heart Wants What It Wants. “The future that we hold is so unclear / But I’m not alive until you call / And now I bet the odds against it all / Save your advice, ’cause I won’t hear / You might be right, but I don’t care / There’s a million reasons why I should give you up / But the heart wants what it wants / The heart wants what it wants.”

Selena Gomez’s gorgeous AMAs performance just featured her standing in the middle of the stage, the anger visible on her face. The backdrop changed from images like stormy clouds, exploding roses, and a tear-filled eye. By the end of the song, Gomez herself was breaking down on stage, at one point even mouthing, “Thank You Jesus.”

While Selena Gomez nailed her American Music Awards performance, she admitted this week she was “nervous” about performing “The Heart Wants What It Wants” live for the first time. On Monday, she posted the Instagram photo below with the caption, “Rehearsing for the AMAs. Wasn’t prepared for how nervous Id be, I mean I’ve done this before. But now it’s just me.”

The original video of the song

Text of the song:

When I was on, when I was on stage
And I was thinking of..
I felt like I know
I know him though
And I know that, and I know his heart
And I know what he wouldn’t do to hurt me
But I didn’t realize that I-I-I
Feeling so confident, feeling so great about myself
And then it just be completely shattered
By one thing, by something so stupid
But then you make me feel crazy
You make me feel like it’s my fault
I was in pain

[Intro]
What the heart wants
What the heart wants
What the heart wants

[Verse 1]
You got me sipping on something
I can’t compare to nothing
I’ve ever known, I’m hoping
That after this fever I’ll survive
I know I’m acting a bit crazy
Strung out, a little bit hazy
Hand over heart, I’m praying
That I’m gonna make it out alive

[Pre-Chorus]
The bed’s getting cold and you’re not here
The future that we hold is so unclear
But I’m not alive until you call
And I’ll bet the odds against it all
Save your advice cause I won’t hear
You might be right, but I don’t care
There’s a million reasons
Why I should give you up

[Chorus]
But the heart wants what it wa-a-a-a-a-nts
The heart wants what it wa-a-a-a-a-nts

[Verse 2]
You got me scattered in pieces
Shining like stars and screaming
Lighting me up like Venus
But then you disappear and make me wait
And every second’s like torture
Heroin drip, no more so
Finding a way to let go
Baby, baby, no I can’t escape

[Pre-Chorus]

[Chorus – Extended]
But the heart wants what it wa-a-a-a-a-nts
The heart wants what it wa-a-a-a-a-nts
The heart wants what it wa-a-a-a-a-nts
The heart wants what it wa-a-a-a-a-nts

[Bridge]
This is a modern
Fairytale
No happy ending
No wind in our sails
But I can’t imagine
A life without
Breathless moments
Breaking me down, down, down, down

[Pre-Chorus]

[Chorus – Extended]

[Outro]
The heart wants what it wants, baby
The heart wants what it wants, baby
It wants what it wants
It wants what it wants